Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 85 · 40 questions

Memory tip (The right trick for the job): Acronym: VIBGYOR for the rainbow colours. First-letter sentence: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower. Rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”. Chunking: 9876543210 as 987 654 3210. Ask: is it a number, a list or one fact? Then choose chunking, an acronym or sentence, or a rhyme.

1. 1.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Fly Lazy Sing Rani (b) Sing Lazy Fly Rani (c) Rani Sing Lazy Fly (d) Sing Rani Lazy Fly
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CPCE (c) CEPC (d) ECCP
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 2992073017. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 299 207 0317 (b) 299 207 3017 (c) 299 207 30117 (d) 292 073 017
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, jug, anchor, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JFAO (b) FJAO (c) JAOF (d) OAJF
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, onion, ant? (a) Aunty Old Goats (b) Old Aunty Goats (c) Old Goats Aunty (d) Goats Old Aunty
7. 7.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IVBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
9. 9.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, glass, coconut, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DGCL (b) LCGD (c) GDCL (d) GCLD
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Aunty Mice Frogs Jolly (b) Frogs Jolly Mice Aunty (c) Frogs Mice Aunty Jolly (d) Jolly Frogs Mice Aunty
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umpire, parrot, watch? (a) Pigs Wins Under (b) Under Pigs Wins (c) Pigs Under Wins (d) Wins Pigs Under
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jolly Fly Mum Aunty (b) Fly Mum Aunty Jolly (c) Fly Jolly Mum Aunty (d) Aunty Mum Fly Jolly
18. 18.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, fan, ball? (a) Fly Dogs Bunny (b) Bunny Fly Dogs (c) Dogs Fly Bunny (d) Fly Bunny Dogs
20. 20.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Goats Sing (b) Goats Wet Sing (c) Wet Sing Goats (d) Sing Wet Goats
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Runs Silly Love Frogs (b) Silly Love Frogs Runs (c) Silly Runs Love Frogs (d) Frogs Love Silly Runs
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
26. 26.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 791980058527. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7919 8005 85277 (b) 7919 8058 527 (c) 7919 8008 5527 (d) 7919 8005 8527
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
29. 29.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, jug, apple, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BJAV (b) VAJB (c) JAVB (d) JBAV
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, frog, van? (a) Fly Nine Vines (b) Fly Vines Nine (c) Nine Fly Vines (d) Vines Fly Nine
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Mice All Jeeps (b) Fly Jeeps Mice All (c) Jeeps Fly Mice All (d) All Mice Fly Jeeps
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ENSW (c) ESWN (d) WSEN
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 3337641803. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 333 641 803 (b) 333 764 1083 (c) 333 376 41803 (d) 333 764 1803
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, banana, owl? (a) Owls Bakes My (b) Bakes Owls My (c) My Bakes Owls (d) Bakes My Owls
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, banana, violin? (a) Aunty Bunny Vans (b) Vans Bunny Aunty (c) Bunny Vans Aunty (d) Bunny Aunty Vans
37. 37.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 417652266. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 417 652 26 (b) 147 652 266 (c) 417 652 266 (d) 417 652 2266
39. 39.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, kettle, goat, candle, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UKGCN (b) NCGKU (c) KGCNU (d) KUGCN

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